 Police in Chile have used tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of secondary school students in Santiago who are pressing for education reforms. More than 600 students were arrested in the capital, Santiago, and hundreds of schools were closed across Chile as some 500,000 pupils staged a strike. Their demands include a new curriculum, free bus fares and no exam fees. More talks are due on Wednesday to end the dispute, seen as a big test for the new president Michelle Bachelet. Student leaders and education ministry officials are to resume their meetings in several hours after a first round of talks made some progress but produced no breakthrough. "I want to ask that we don't make a war of this," declared Education Minister Martin Zilic, saying he was optimistic a resolution could be found. Protesters said they would continue their demonstrations for another day. ...
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